Gilmore Car Museum

Down visiting family in Battle Creek, Papa and Nana treated us to the Gilmore car museum. Lot of old classic cars, muscle cars, and race cars for us to feast our eyes on. The kids had fun getting into the old firetruck and seeing the old gas station. Trevor gets into this stuff a little more than Lily, but she's a trooper and had some fun, too.

Cool Cars & Cool Kids

This is becoming a tradition for the Amigos, for every June now, I think. Continuing with our busy weekend, we packed up and headed to St. Ignace for the day to check out the car show. Posted here are just a few of the great pictures we were able to get today. The kids got a chance to play at the park and in Lake Michigan for a bit, too. Brian even had fun checking things out. Trevor really enjoys this event, as he's a genuine 'car guy'. Seeing these really makes my miss my Firebird, though, and I can't wait to someday get another one (once we get out of debt, of course). Lily really enjoyed the 'purple' cars and the Volkswagen bugs.

The Side (Car) Trip

This year on our baseball trip we decided to see other sites and attractions these minor league cities had to offer. Our first stop was the Studebaker Museum in South Bend. This featured some classic and historical cars and vehicles, including the carriage that Lincoln rode to the theater in the night he was shot. Great cars and a lot of fun.

The next day we went to a very wet Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pictured here is Trevor with the very first Indy 500 winner (car #32). Rough day, as they park you as far away from anything as possible and make you walk in the rain to the museum and Hall of Fame. Lots of old Indy cars for us to look at, and we took a lap around the track in a bus which was very memorable. We'll be watching the race on Memorial Day weekend and reminiscing.

Our last car stop was in Auburn, Indiana with the Auburn-Cord-Duesenburg Museum. This is actually the original factory and showroom for these cars. Lots of wonderful and exotic cars that were really before their time. This museum we highly recommend. Lots of info and history, too, if you like that sort of thing.

These pics are just a very small sample of the cars we were able to see.